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DWI Driver Sentenced For Long Island Crash That Left Victim In Coma For Months DWI Driver Sentenced For Long Island Crash That Left Victim In Coma For Months
DWI Driver Sentenced For Long Island Crash That Left Victim In Coma For Months A Long Island man could spend over a decade behind bars for his role in a drunk driving crash that caused his victim to lose a leg and more. Twenty-nine-year-old Robert O’Brien faced his sentence of four to 12 years in prison on Monday, June 10, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Nearly three years prior, on July 16, 2021, O’Brien was driving his 2011 Chrysler 300 in Long Beach with two passengers. He had spent the day drinking at several area bars. Original Story: Man Admits To Long Beach DWI Crash That Left Victim In Coma For Months Near the intersection of East Pa…

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by Sophie Grieser
Lifestyle
‘Battling Day In, Day Out’: Support Swells After Crash Leaves Long Island Father In Coma ‘Battling Day In, Day Out’: Support Swells After Crash Leaves Long Island Father In Coma
‘Battling Day In, Day Out’: Support Swells After Crash Leaves Long Island Father In Coma Jeffrey Yusko is in the fight of his life. The Long Island husband and father was left in a coma after being struck by a van while bicycling near his Wainscott home in May 2023. “We received a knock on our front door from the police that turned our lives upside down,” his son Tyler said on a GoFundMe to help the family with medical expenses. Yusko, a “top salesman” at P.C. Richard & Son appliance store in Southampton, suffered devastating injuries in the crash, including swelling and bleeding in his brain, leaving him unconscious. Earlier Report: 'Turned Our Lives Upside Down': Wai…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Drunk ATV Driver Indicted For Long Island Crash That Left Woman In Coma, DA Says Drunk ATV Driver Indicted For Long Island Crash That Left Woman In Coma, DA Says
Drunk ATV Driver Indicted For Long Island Crash That Left Woman In Coma, DA Says A Long Island man is facing multiple felonies after allegedly causing a drunk-driving ATV crash that left a woman in a coma. Tayquan Mayo-Dunmore, age 30, of Bellport, was indicted on seven charges, including vehicular assault, in Suffolk County Court on Friday, July 7. The crash happened at around 8 p.m. Saturday, June 10, in Bellport, on Bellport Avenue near Louise Avenue. Earlier Report: ATV Crash: 26-Year-Old In Critical Condition, Suspect Charged With DWI After Brookhaven Wreck Mayo-Dunmore was intoxicated when he lost control of his Kawasaki ATV and crashed, according to t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Official Cause Of Death For Westchester Native, Rapper DMX Released Official Cause Of Death For Westchester Native, Rapper DMX Released
Official Cause Of Death For Westchester Native, Rapper DMX Released An official cause of death for rapper and lifelong New Yorker DMX has been released following his death in April at the age of 50. The Westchester County Medical Examiner told Vulture on Thursday, July 8 that the hip-hop icon died on April 9 due to a cocaine-induced heart attack which caused a lack of blood circulation to his brain. Original story - Rapper, Westchester Native, Resident DMX Dies At Age 50 
“It was cardiac arrest for a period of time, so there was no circulation to the brain,” the Medical Examiner explained to Vulture. No official statement has been released by the ME’s offi…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
Boxer From Long Island Fighting For His Life After Knockout Boxer From Long Island Fighting For His Life After Knockout
Boxer From Long Island Fighting For His Life After Knockout A boxer from Long Island is in the fight of his life after being knocked out in a match at Wintrust Arena in Chicago over the weekend. Freeport’s Patrick Day, 27, remained in a coma early on Sunday, Oct. 14, after he had to undergo emergency brain surgery after being knocked out by Charles Conwell in a fight the night earlier. Day was knocked down twice in the fourth and eighth rounds before taking a left hook early in the 10th round that knocked him out cold. He was treated by a doctor in the ring before being rushed off on a stretcher to an area hospital. According to reports, Day suffe…

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by Zak Failla